CIVB vs. BCML, FRBA, USCB, MVBF, HMST, SSBK, BMRC, JMSB, SONA, and FRST
Should you be buying Civista Bancshares stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Civista Bancshares include BayCom (BCML), First Bank (FRBA), USCB Financial (USCB), MVB Financial (MVBF), HomeStreet (HMST), Southern States Bancshares (SSBK), Bank of Marin Bancorp (BMRC), John Marshall Bancorp (JMSB), Southern National Bancorp of Virginia (SONA), and Primis Financial (FRST). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
BayCom (NASDAQ:BCML) and Civista Bancshares (NASDAQ:CIVB) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
BayCom pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Civista Bancshares pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. BayCom pays out 18.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Civista Bancshares pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BayCom has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Civista Bancshares has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
BayCom has a net margin of 19.27% compared to BayCom's net margin of 16.38%. BayCom's return on equity of 10.36% beat Civista Bancshares' return on equity.
Civista Bancshares received 177 more outperform votes than BayCom when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.33% of users gave Civista Bancshares an outperform vote while only 54.67% of users gave BayCom an outperform vote.
BayCom has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Civista Bancshares has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Civista Bancshares had 22 more articles in the media than BayCom. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Civista Bancshares and 2 mentions for BayCom. Civista Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat BayCom's score of 0.02 indicating that BayCom is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BayCom presently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.23%. Civista Bancshares has a consensus price target of $17.75, suggesting a potential upside of 24.82%. Given BayCom's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Civista Bancshares is more favorable than BayCom.
Civista Bancshares has higher revenue and earnings than BayCom. Civista Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BayCom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
66.2% of BayCom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of Civista Bancshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of BayCom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Civista Bancshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Civista Bancshares beats BayCom on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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